AlfredLite is a lightweight modular framework for creating Alfred workflows.

Features

• Modular design
  • Only load the modules your workflow uses
  • Faster load times (execution speed is an underappreciated feature of any workflow)
  • Less bundeled dependencies
• Subclassable workflows
  • Alfred::Workflow is designed to be subclassed, the possibilities are endless!

Synopsis

Here's a trivial example of a workflow that utilizes Alfred's feedback system:

require 'alfredlite' # this loads the workflow module
require 'alfredlite/feedback' # all submodules have to be loaded explicitly

class ExampleWorkflow < Alfred::Workflow
  BUNDLE_ID = 'net.cjlucas.alfred.example'

  def intitialize
    super(BUNDLE_ID)
  end

  def query(input)
    # parse the user's input
    data_array = get_imaginary_data(input)

    # add new feedback items to array
    data_array.each do |data|
      # Alfred::Workflow#feedback_items and Alfred::Feedback::Item
      # become available when the feedback module is loaded
      feedback_items << Alfred::Feedback::Item.new.tap do |item|
        item.title = data.info
        item.subtitle = data.more_info
        item.icon = '/path/to/icon.png'
      end
    end

    # send our feedback_items to Alfred to be processed and displayed
    puts feedback_items.to_xml
  end
end

Then we add a simple script for our Alfred workflow action

require 'example_workflow'

ExampleWorkflow.new.query("{query}")

Requirements

AlfredLite is tested against the following verions of Ruby:

• 1.8.7 (preinstalled on OS X Mountain Lion)
• 1.9.3
• 2.0.0 (preinstalled on OS X Mavericks)

Module-level dependencies

• Workflow module
  • None
• Feedback module
  • REXML (included with all versions of Ruby)

Contributing

• Bug Fixes
  • Reporting bugs is encouraged and greatly appreciated, send them here.
  • If you're contributing a bug fix, please make sure you're committing your fixes on the develop branch (bonus points for creating a dedicated bug fix branch).
• Feature Requests
  • Have an idea that will help make writing your workflows easier? Then submit it here.